Maxime Colin believes Brentford have improved as a team this season but is regretting the poor performances on the road against the league's weakest sides.

The Bees' record against the Championship's current bottom three, Rotherham, Wigan and Blackburn, away from home reads played three, lost three.

Throw in the home draw with Wigan and that would make up the bulk of the points difference to sixth placed Fulham.

Colin said: “I think we have improved a lot as a team. We had changes in the summer which took time to adapt. We've finished really well and our start was good.

Maxime Colin (Image: Get West London)

“Our winter wasn't the best. We are happy because when we look behind us there are teams scrapping like Nottingham Forest and Birmingham.

“We can be happy with what we've done this season but, on the other hand, we lost against Rotherham, Blackburn and Wigan and with a few of those points we could be around the play-offs. If we'd won those we'd be around the top six.”